A SELECTION of spectacular views from across North and mid Wales, promoted in the popular Daily Post All About...

A SELECTION of spectacular views from across North and mid Wales, promoted in the popular Daily Post All About... slot, are to be featured in a sparkling full colour 2004 calendar.

The series, first launched on St David's Day with an aerial shot of Snowdon, has proved a big hit with readers.

According to Daily Post picture editor Richard Williams, the photos have attracted interest from all over the world, with teachers ordering copies for educational purposes.

"Interest has been amazing," said Richard, whose photo-graphic team of Jeff Pitt, Stacey Roberts, Gerallt Radcliffe and Robert Parry Jones, are on a constant look- out for chances to capture special Welsh landscape features.

The shots range from the industrial North East Wales such as the modern Dee Crossing or the magical beauty of Snowdonia and Anglesey, including the ancient fish traps on Ynys Gorad Goch in the Menai Strait, between the Menai Suspension and Britannia bridges.

Since the series started, about 150 pictures have been used, and Richard admits it has not been easy whittling them down to a dozen, plus the cover, for the 2004 calendar.

"I suppose everybody will have a favourite, and what I have had to do is to come up with a selection which will satisfy most tastes," he said.

"What the series has revealed is the sheer, unrivalled splendour of this part of Wales. For a photographer it's treasure trove of opportunity."

As well as zooming in on personal choices the Post picture team is also willing to listen to suggestions from readers.

"That certainly has been happening over the last six months or so, and we are happy to get calls about possible locations, landmarks and sites to be included, whether it is from the air or on the ground," said Richard.

"We always listen to what our readers say and the more suggestions the better."

* Order your copy of the calendar by filling in the form on this page.